Derham's Physico and Astro Theology: Or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God. A New Edition in Two Volumes. ...printed at the Logographic Press, by J. Walter, and sold by J. Rivington and Sons; J. Robson; and J. Sewell, 1786 - Astronomy |
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Page 67
... besides wiping and cleaning the eyes , the ufes here named may be admitted . For as their eyes are immoveable , fo that no time is required for the turning their eyes to objects ; so there is no neceffity of the re- tina , or optic ...
... besides wiping and cleaning the eyes , the ufes here named may be admitted . For as their eyes are immoveable , fo that no time is required for the turning their eyes to objects ; so there is no neceffity of the re- tina , or optic ...
Page 116
... besides , which are in- fifted on in that part of my furvey . · Pliny having named divers mirabilia aquarum , to fhew their power ; then proceeds to their ufes , viz . Eædem cadentes omnium terra nafcentium caufa fiunt , prorfus ...
... besides , which are in- fifted on in that part of my furvey . · Pliny having named divers mirabilia aquarum , to fhew their power ; then proceeds to their ufes , viz . Eædem cadentes omnium terra nafcentium caufa fiunt , prorfus ...
Page 280
... BESIDES the motion treated of in the pre- ceding chapter , there is another , which is as clear a manifeftation of the great Creator as that , namely the periodical or annual , which is vifible in fome of the great globes , and proba ...
... BESIDES the motion treated of in the pre- ceding chapter , there is another , which is as clear a manifeftation of the great Creator as that , namely the periodical or annual , which is vifible in fome of the great globes , and proba ...
Page 299
... BESIDES the motion treated of in the pre- ceding chapter , there is another , which is as clear a manifeftation of the great Creator as that , namely the periodical or annual , which is visible in fome of the great globes , and proba ...
... BESIDES the motion treated of in the pre- ceding chapter , there is another , which is as clear a manifeftation of the great Creator as that , namely the periodical or annual , which is visible in fome of the great globes , and proba ...
Page 315
... BESIDES the orderly and commodious placing the parts of the feveral globes spoken of in the laft Chapter , there are ftill other reasons to afcribe the sphæricity of our own and the other globes to a wife agent . For befides that this ...
... BESIDES the orderly and commodious placing the parts of the feveral globes spoken of in the laft Chapter , there are ftill other reasons to afcribe the sphæricity of our own and the other globes to a wife agent . For befides that this ...
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Page 311 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 150 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 158 - Both young men, and maidens ; old men, and children : Let them praise the name of the LORD : for his name alone is excellent ; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 155 - Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Page 155 - Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Page 54 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, As though they were not hers; Her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Page 171 - I am the Lord your God ; walk in my statutes and keep my judgments, and do them ; and hallow my sabbaths ; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
Page 173 - But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Page 171 - Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations ; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
Page 46 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.